Pillow attachment for hammocks.



No. 674,|39. Patensd May I47 |901. l. E. PALMER.

PILLOW ATTACHMENT FOR HAMMOGKS.

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PILLOW ATTACHMENT FOR HAVIMOCKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 674,139, dated May 14,1901. Application inea February 16,1901. semi No. 47,536. or@ man.;

T0 all whom it may concern,.-

Beit known that I, ISAAC E. PALMER, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Middletown, in the county of Middlesex and State ofConnecticut, have'invented new and useful Pillow Attachments forHammocks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to pillow attachments for hammocks in which thespreader is utilized as a pillow-support for holding the pillowremovably in position to be used when turned down on the hammock-body orwhen turned back upon the opposite sides of the spreader and restingupon the suspension-cords.

A practical embodiment of myinvention is represented in the accompanyingdrawings,`

in which- Figure lis a top plan view of the pillow and spreader at thehead end of a hammock, showing the position of the hammock-body andsuspension-cords in proximity thereto and showing the pillow in itsposition resting on the hammock-body. Fig. 2 is an edge View of thesame. Fig. 3 is a top plan view showing the pillow thrown over onto theopposite side of the spreader, resting on the suspensioncords. Fig. 4 isan edge view of the same. Fig. 5 is a fragment of a pillow, showingmodified means for attaching it to the spreader. Fig. 6 representsanother`fragment of a pillow, showing still another means of attachingit to the spreader; and Fig. 7 is laneu-l larged top plan View of acleat and the pillowsupporting cord in engagement therewith, asindicated in Figs. l to 4, inclusive.

The hammock-body is denoted by (t, the suspension-cords by b, and thespreader by c. The spreader here shown is provided with knobs or ballsat its oppositeends5 but for the purposes of my present invention aspreader of any well-known or approved form may be employed, so that itbe suitable for the at.

tachment thereto of fastening-cleats or elongated buttons for retainingthe pillow. In the present instance the fastening-cleats or elongatedbuttons are formed of thin metal,having a perforated body portion d,withthe wings e f extending in opposite directions from the body portion andsufficiently raised from the base of the body portion to permit thefasteningcord to pass underneath them. The cleat isl convenientlysecured to the body of the spreader c by means of a screw g, the shankof which passes through the perforated body d of the cleat and into thebody of the spreader.

In the form shown in Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive, the pillow (denoted by h)is provided along one edge with a suspension -cord which passes th roughspaces made by crowding the threads of the pillow apart, as clearlyshown in Fig. 7, and is given a turn around the cleat, as clearly shownin Fig. 7, thence passing again within the pillow and along the edgethereof to a point opposite a succeeding cleat, and so on until ithas-been looped around the several cleats on the spread er, the ends ofthe cord being fastened at the opposite edges of the hammock in anywell-known or approved manner-such, for example, as by sewing them tothe pillow.

When it is desired to remove the pillow from the spreader, the cord tmay be stretched sufficiently to permit one of its loops to bedisengaged from the cleat, and it will then readily yield, so that eachsucceeding loop may be removed after the manner of unbuttoning agarment. The pillow may be readjusted to its position by again slippingthe loops over the several cleats. t

When the pillow is adjusted to the spreader, it may be used either inthe position shown in Figs. l and 2 or in the position shownin Figs. 3and 4, as there will be no tendency of the loops of the fastening-cordto become disengaged from the cleats when the pillow is rocked over intoits position resting on the suspension-cords.

When rocked back into the position shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the pillowwill serve to give the head of the occupant as well as the body a newposition, which may be restful and convenient, particularly for purposesof reading.

In the form shown in Fig. 5 the cord i is omitted and buttonholesy areformed in an extended edgekof the pillow, the buttonholes having theirlongitudinal axes in a position transverse to the length of the pillow,so that after having been engaged with the cleats there will be notendency to unbutton when. the pillow is thrown back into the positionshown in Fig. 3.

In Fig. 6 the `pillow is provided with tabs IOO Z,havingbuttonholestherein,as distinguished from extending the pillow itself to form a thinedge.

It is obvious that slight changes might he resorted to in the form andarrangement of the several parts without departing from the spirit an dscope of my invention. Hence I do not wish to limit myself strictly tothe struetnre herein set forth; but

l. A pillow attach ment for hammocks oomprising a spreader havingfastening devices at intervals thereon and a pillow provided with meansfor rem ovahly engaging the said fasteningdeviees on the spreaderwhereby the pillow may be thrown into operative position upon either oftwo opposite sides of the spreader, substantially as set forth.

2. In comhination,aspreader provided with a series of cleats thereon anda hammock-pillow provided with series of loops for removably engaging`the cleats on the spreader to permit the ham moek-pillow to be throwninto operative position upon each of two opposite sides of the spreader,substantially as set forth.

3. In combination, a hammock-spreader provided with cleats at intervalsthereon and a pillow having a oord extended along one edge within thepillow and passing through the edge of the pillow at intervals in theform of loops to engage the said cleats, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in presence of two Witnesses, this 14th day of Feb* rnary, 1901.

ISAAC E. PALMER.

Witnesses:

CHAS. M. SAUER, PAUL S. CARRIER.

